Kit de broche à broder de perles « Gnome »

“Gnome” is a brooch of a gnome in a red hat with a fluffy white pompom.

What the picture shows

The whole figure is really a hat and a beard. The hat is worked in red and dark red beads with bright bicones set along the folds, so the fabric seems to crease; the tip bends softly to one side. Under the hat only the nose shows — a single bead — and a wide white beard, which is a real fur pompom from the kit rather than embroidery. A band of dark beads with a pearl and a leaf runs along the lower edge of the hat. The kit holds 12 bead colours. Inside the outline the canvas is stitched densely, then cut out and assembled.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour design printed on it — no need to follow a chart on screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 12 colours
• Preciosa microbeads No. 13, 1 colour
• A microbead embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: bicone — 6 pcs, pearl — 1 pc, hemisphere — 1 pc, leaf — 1 pc
• A fur pompom
• Findings for assembling the brooch: a decorative clasp
• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for the embroidery and for finishing the piece

Specifications

• Article: AD-208
• Finished piece size: 55×87 mm (2.17×3.43 in)
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 12
• Number of beads: approx. 661
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

The finished piece is 55×87 mm and looks bulky once the pompom is on. The level is average and the work is short: there are few large areas and the pompom covers part of the figure. The fir sprig and the cones in the photograph are styling props and are not in the kit. The design is printed straight onto the canvas, so there are no squares to count: the colour you need shows under the needle.